Database of luminescent minerals 

MISERITE

Chemical formula: K₂(Ca,Y)_10-11(Si₁₂O₃₀)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂F₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Triclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Comments:

Miserite from Mont St hilaire does apparently not fluoresce.

No info about fluorescence of Miserite from  Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
• Vanadium mine at Wilson Hot Springs near Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA (Bright lemon-yellow SW associated with wollastonite (or pectolite?) fl.orange SW));
• North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA (yellowish-white SW);

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Miserite

  http://webmineral.com/data/Miserite.shtml

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